Bhagavad Gita · 1.36
॥
Devanāgarī
निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन ।
पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
nihatya dhārtarāṣṭrān naḥ kā prītiḥ syāj janārdana |
pāpam evāśrayed asmān hatvaitān ātatāyinaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
निहत्यnihatyahaving slain, having killed.
धार्तराष्ट्रान्dhārtarāṣṭrānthe sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
नःnaḥto us, upon us.
काkāwhat?
प्रीतिःprītiḥjoy, pleasure, satisfaction.
स्यात्syātcould be, would be.
जनार्दनjanārdanaO Janārdana! (a name of Kṛṣṇa, “Refuge of all people” or “Chastiser of the wicked”).
पापम्pāpamsin.
एवevaonly, merely, surely.
आश्रयेत्āśrayetwould fall upon, would come to, would take refuge in.
अस्मान्asmānus.
हत्वाhatvāhaving slain.
एतान्etānthem.
आततायिनःātatāyinaḥaggressors, evildoers, felons.
Translation
“O Janārdana, what joy could there be in slaying the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra? Only sin would fall upon us if we were to kill these aggressors.”
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